Read For Me

Let your browser read for you. Because who isn't lazy?

What is Read For Me?

Read For Me is a light-weight Chrome extension that uses the Webkit Speech API to turn text on the page into a voice you can listen to. Let your browser read for you with this text to speech (TTS) extension.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2021-08-10

By: slcot

Users: 1,149+

Rating: 2.67 (18)

Version: 1.5 (Last updated: 2016-08-30)

Creation date: 2016-08-30

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

http://*/*
https://*/*
tabs
activeTab
webNavigation

Size: 44.23K

Price: Free

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Summary

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A text to speech (TTS) extension for Chrome.

Just go to a webpage with paragraphs and click on it. Chrome will read it to you!

This is a light-weight Chrome extension that uses the Webkit Speech API to turn text on the page into a voice you can listen to.

Code on Github: https://github.com/sebLopezCot/ReadForMe

User reviews

Its good but as a student and since we use pdf files, it doesnt read it. I hope the developers can make it support pdfs and other files.

What_Why_How, 2021-05-24

Only reads certain paragraphs. Does not read an entire page.

Molliana Poliak, 2020-03-02

its a good just cant get it to shut up sometimes lol

by A Google user, 2018-03-01

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Safety

Risk impact

Read For Me is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Read For Me if you trust the publisher.